[Novalug] Will I need a new router?

[greg pryzby]

Charlie,

1. Plug a cable from the patriot.net box to yellow/green port all the way to
the left (opposite end from power)
      a. you can unplug the cable from the current router and into this
router, not touching the partiot.net box
      b. if connection is from patriot.net box to computer, move plug from
computer to WRT54G2 router
2. Turn on router and watch lights flash
3. on the right front side there are 3 lights (wirless, internet, power).
The two right should be light, leftmost might be
4. plug a cable from your computer to one of the purple ports on the back
5. on of the lights on the left front (numbered 1-4) should light up
6. you should be able to get to the internet on your computer


On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:02 AM, John Franklin <franklin at elfie.org> wrote:

>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 11:22 PM, cmhowe at patriot.net wrote:
> > But I did wind up buying a Linksys WRT54G2. Does anyone know how to
> > install my internet service provider's DNS in said WRT54G2 router?
>
> When the router gets an IP from the ISP, it should also get the DNS
> entries.  This is supported by the DHCP protocol the router uses to get the
> IP.  In know configuring the DNS entries is supported in a different Linksys
> routers I own, so I would be very surprised to find yours does not support
> it.  Are you having problems with the router?
>
> I know that cable modems typically only allow one device to connect to it.
>  It does this by memorizing the hardware address of the first device to ask
> it for an IP.  You can get a cable modem to forget the hardware address by
> removing power from it entirely, waiting a couple seconds, and plugging it
> back in.  I'm not sure if your DSL modem requires this, but it would be the
> first thing to try if you have problems with the new router connecting out.
>
> A bit of trivia: the hardware address is often called the MAC address or
> Media Access Control address, a term which has no relation to the line of
> computers from Apple.
>
> jf
>



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